US Mint Sales: Frederick Douglass 3-Coin Set Debuts

Last week, the United States Mint introduced a set of quarters honoring Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Washington, D.C.

This CoinNews photo shows a new 2017 Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Quarters Three-Coin Set

Frederick Douglass Quarters Three-Coin Sets launched on Monday, April 24, for $9.95. The collector product includes an uncirculated quarter from the Philadelphia and Denver Mints and a proof quarter from the San Francisco Mint. The set logged opening sales of 9,415 for a 2 unit increase over the start of this year’s first release which contained quarters commemorating Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa.

Both sets, however, started slower than those from last year. The five 2016-dated three-coin sets opened with:

10,261 sets for the Fort Moultrie in South Carolina,

10,030 sets for the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota,

9,723 sets for Harpers Ferry National Historical Park of West Virginia,

9,638 sets for Cumberland Gap National Historical Park of Kentucky, and

10,086 sets for Shawnee National Forest of Illinois.

Weekly U.S. Mint Top Sellers

The new three-coin set was the U.S. Mint’s top seller. Here’s a showing of the agency’s most popular products for the week ended April 30:

2017 Frederick Douglass Quarters Three-Coin Set (+9,415)

2017-W Proof Silver Eagle (+3,864 to 247,627)

2016 Uncirculated Silver Eagle (+3,814 to 197,463)

2016-W Proof Silver Eagle (+762 to 555,755)

2017 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set (+758 to 58,967)

2017 America the Beautiful Quarters Uncirculated Set (+729 to 15,667)

2017 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set (+511 to 55,716)

2017-W American Liberty Gold Coin (+406 to 18,913)

2016 Silver Proof Set (+371 to 368,580)

2017 Proof Lion Clubs Silver Dollar (+351 to 58,247)

The U.S. Mint published sales data for 280 numismatic products. Eighty-three outperformed their prior weekly gains compared to 26 previously. Two of them increased by more than 1,000 units versus 1 previously.

In addition, seven products saw their sales total reduced. That compares to 3 previously. Most of the reported declines were modest (10 units or less). The only exception was the 2017 Proof Set, which fell 13,177 to 210,329.

US Mint Sales: Numismatic Products

Below are tables showing the latest sales for U.S. Mint numismatic products. The sales period covers April 24 to 30. Products with an asterisk (*) are no longer available.

US Mint Sales Report Sources

The US Mint provides CoinNews.netweekly sales figures for its collector coin products. It is these reports that are used as the source for our articles on the subject. The bureau on its website also publishes updated bullion coin sales every weekday. These US Mint sales are presented in our daily gold articles.